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Arundhati Roy refuses Sahitya Akademi award

Celebrated writer Arundhati Roy on Saturday refused to accept the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the Indian government toeing the United States' line by 'violently and......

Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi Award

Image: Writer Nayantara Sahgal. Photograph: Photograph: Seema Pant/Rediff.com Acclaimed writer Nayantara Sahgal, the niece of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the......

Sahitya Akademi President: 'Why are writers returning awards?'

'If they oppose the government on different issues, what has the Sahitya Akademi got to do with it?' 'I say you cannot return the Sahitya Akademi Award on this issue. This is no way to protest.'......

We are facing an unprecedented situation: Sahitya Akademi chief

A clueless Sahitya Akademi has now called a meeting of its executive council on October 23 to decide the future course of action. Akshat Kaushal reports. Even as the number of literary......

Mistry, Meera among Sahitya Akademi winners for 2015

Playwright and novelist Cyrus Mistry's English novel Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer and K R Meera's Aarachar in Malayalam are among the works that have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi......

Gulzar receives Jnanpith Award

IMAGE: Gulzar with Bharatiya Jnanpith Trustee Mudit Jain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mudit Jain Gulzar on Thursday, May 22, 2025, received the 58th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour,......

Kamal Haasan meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry. All eyes were on Kamal Haasan as he met up with spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi......

The Towering Talent called Girish Karnad

In a career spanning over five decades, Girish Karnad lived several lives... not only on the stage, but also as a scholar, theatre personality, actor and director. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film......

Jalsaghar is a viewing treat you owe yourself

Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......

Review: Chauthi Koot, one of the best movies of 2016

Lovers of good cinema should not miss this opportunity to watch one of the best Indian films of 2016, says Aseem Chhabra. Gurvinder Singh's second feature Chauthi Koot is a remarkable document......

What's cooking between Dravid and the BJP?

IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party working president JP Nadda meets Rahul Dravid on Sunday. Photograph: ANI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president JP Nadda met former cricketer Rahul Dravid at......

Indian Sahitya Akademi Award

News for Indian Sahitya Akademi Award

Arundhati Roy refuses Sahitya Akademi award

Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi President: 'Why are writers returning awards?'

We are facing an unprecedented situation: Sahitya Akademi chief

Mistry, Meera among Sahitya Akademi winners for 2015

Gulzar receives Jnanpith Award

Kamal Haasan meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The Towering Talent called Girish Karnad

Jalsaghar is a viewing treat you owe yourself

Review: Chauthi Koot, one of the best movies of 2016

What's cooking between Dravid and the BJP?

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